200whp with stock N/A rotating assay? by ForcedFirebird

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Head is off, new core is being prepped/ported/machined. Owner was a bit bummed, but happy it was noticed now, and not after the coolant wiped out his new engine.

Worst part is, the old head was pressure tested and ran for a year before it cracked. Never overheated, but was abused.

1-29-2016

Replacement head has been machined and is on the bench. Between this and the other e30 being ready for the 14hr race in Atlanta, Murphy's Law is in full effect.

1-30-2016

Availability and timing. Wanted to use the 36lb foggers but they didn't pass the flow tests, so went with the 24's we had on hand.

12-8-2016

Just happen to see this finally. Not much to update

We found more flow from the 885 heads, and wanted to go with the new IE 284 cam to get a few more ponies, but the owner had his second child recently (at 46yrs old at that). So, he decided to put the car up for sale and buy a more manageable street/track car to avoid having to trailer this one to/from the track.

It was hitting top speed at Daytona, and having to feather it with the needle buried at 7000rpm with the 4.10 and 225/50-15 slicks. With a larger cam and 3.73, this thing would be even crazier. He went with GC coils, BBK, and stripped the car down to 2400lb sans driver.